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HALF BRIDGE (FINGERS INTERLOCKED)

Lie on your back and bend your knees, bringing your heels close to your buttocks.

Have your arms by your sides, palms facing up.

Push evenly with your arms and feet into the floor.

Lift your pelvis and back up to form a half bridge with neck and shoulders pushing down.

Interlock the fingers and extend the arms away from the shoulders.

BENEFITS
BENEFITS

Mobility through the spine and opening of the chest, front of shoulders and abdomen.

Lengthening through hips and quadriceps.

BEGINNERS ADVICE
BEGINNERS ADVICE

Imagine a string attached to your navel lifting you towards the sky.

Keep arms at sides without interlocking fingers.

Ankles and knees hip width apart.

CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE

Attempt to stay in the posture for more breaths.

Attempt to raise hips higher and draw the shoulders closer together while lengthening the arms.

Try and hold ankles in this pose.

ADJUSTMENTS / WHAT TO LOOK FOR
ADJUSTMENTS / WHAT TO LOOK FOR

An expansion through the chest.

Maintain weight through the shoulders avoiding pressure through the neck and head.

Look for the neck to be long.

Keep the throat and face soft.

Maintenance of regular breathing.

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